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2019
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September
What's the most unique vacation you've ever taken?

Question:

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Lisa

I’m curious- what’s the most unique vacation you’ve taken? Looking for ideas on something very different than the typical all inclusive or boring vacation. Wellness retreats? Kayaking adventure? Something random? Thanks in advance for your suggestions!

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Jason

Volcano hiking tour with G (gap) Adventures - think it was called the Volacano Trail --Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Guatamala and Honduras. some hikes where hard some easy but an amazing tour overall.

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Lori

Inca Trail Peru organized by GotoPeru.org
GOTOPERU.COM
Travel Packages to Peru | Machu Picchu Travel

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Lori

Another bucket list: kayaking off the coast of Belize

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Sharon

Iceland!!

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Nora

And a sailing trip in the west fjords of Iceland, check out @auroraarktika

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Nora

Looks like I’m commenting twice for each ... same as Lori Belize with @islandexpeditions

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Kath

Inca trail... canoe trip down Belize river....Galapagos..

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Natasha

Cruise?

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Tegan

An eco adventure resort in the bocas islands in panama, amazing!!

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Alissa

we did a cruise through Norway (start/end in Copenhagen)

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Maja

Bermuda had some of the best snorkeling we’ve ever seen, and some of the most amazing beaches!

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Holly

kayak and camp with the orcas in B.C.

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Sheri

3 day Baja adventure with wide open Baja, they pick you up at the San Diego airport, drive you to Mexico and you spend the next 3 days driving the same track as the Baja 1000. You spend a night in an off grid hotel on the top of a mountain that can only be accessed byt eh baja trucks or dirt bike (this is all assuming of course that you enjoy motorsport activity)

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Jana

New Mexico, all of it, great road trip through the state. Santa Fe is amazing and this is a hidden gem. https://m.facebook.com/ojocaliente/

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Whitney

Hike the west coast trail.
Machu Picchu, Peru is other worldly and you have to see it in person to appreciate/understand it. Whether you hike
in doing the Inca trail or just homestead in Aguas Caliente and take a day trip to the ruins. But if you’re going to Peru go to Lake Titicaca to see the floating islands too.
New Zealand- so many things to do depending on what island you pick to visit and how long you have.

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Sharon

A Transatlantic cruise that stops at least a day or 2 in Azores. All of those crater lakes
Its our favourite place on earth.

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Leah

Sharon I’m highly considering a TransAtlantic cruise as I love sea days the best! I’m at 11 cruises so looking for a longer one now.

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Sharon

Leah make sure you start in Europe & end in the US - which are the TA's in the fall. That way you gain an hour almost every day. It's like getting another half day free cruise lol

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Leah

Sharon how did you find the one way flight cost from Calgary to Rome or some other place in Europe and the one way from Ft Lauderdale to Calgary. That’s what prevents me from booking is that high cost. It cost me $1375 return per ticket to Ft Lauderdale in February and I said never again doing a 7 day Caribbean due to flight cost and hotels !!!

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Heather

2 1/2 week Kenyan Safari plus beach time on the coast - loved it! Yoga retreat 30 days in Costa Rica - loved it! Bikram yoga intensive at Kata Hot Yoga on Phuket Island - loved it! Kathmandu before the earthquake as a single female backpacker - loved it! Up next - The Camino (33 day 800km trek) from France to Spain

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Susan

Peru rainforest jungle trip.

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Susan

https://www.perunature.com/.../amazon-parrot-clay-lick.../
PERUNATURE.COM
Parrot Clay Lick | Tambopata, Peru - Rainforest Expeditions

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Yvonne

Take a freighter trip on a multi cargo vessel. We did a round the world on RICKMERS....ship named New Orleans....voyage called....the Pearl String. They have many destinations and lengths of trips....there are websites in freighter travel. Multi cargo..stops longer in ports....container freighters just unload and go....i dont recomend taking a container ship.

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Laurie

Yvonne closer trip is with a Marine Link Tours out of Campbell River.

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Carlyn

5 weeks in a house in the sacred valley of Peru with my kids. Side trips to Machu Picchu, Las Salinas, Cuzco, Urubamba, and a couple days in a lodge in the rain forest near Puerto Maldonado.

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Kelsey

Iceland!

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Sheryl

Check out backroads.com amazing cycling holiday
BACKROADS.COM
Backroads Active Vacations - Bike Tours, Walking & Family Vacations

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Gail

Nepal Manaslu trek

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Maryse

Vietnam is incredible, love G Adventure tours. Anything from easy to active, shoestring to National Geo tours. Different types for all budgets and age and physical fitness levels. https://www.gadventures.com/
GADVENTURES.COM
Adventure Travel & Tours - Book Your Trip - G Adventures

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Lynette

I’m not a big adventurer: some of the best vacations I’ve ever had were choosing a destination, having a base for the duration and often walking and gawking, taking local transit, talking to people. Have done this in varied places like Denmark, Germany, Amsterdam, San Diego, New York area, New Orleans, Savannah, London, BC interior... Live like a local instead of madly rushing.

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Leandra

Toured remote parts of Yemen- amazing country but was somewhat safer than or we just didn’t fully know what was going on. Hopefully they return to a somewhat stable country someday as I would love to take my son. Very rich in history and friendly people at the time.

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Maureen

Probably my most unique will be visiting Turkey this Sept/Oct.

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Laura

We sooo loved Turkey. Alittle unstable now though to go but diff our fav and have been to many places. Doing Vietnam, Cambodia and Laoes in March 2020. Pretty pumped about that. Did not like the Philippines though at all.

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Andrea

I was so pleasantly surprised with how lovely and laid back the bay of kotor in montenegro was. Less expensive than Italy too. Wanted to travel into Albania but my partner wasn't up for it. Heard it's amazing too.

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Ethel

60 day camping trip in Africa with Intrepid Travel.

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Andy

Signed up for a guided tour of the Subaru Space Observatory at the top of the volcano on the big island of Hawaii and watched the sunset then stargazed.
On another trip we went on a morning sunrise hot air balloon ride in Cappadocia, central Turkey.

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Maureen

Andy W. Kwan I’m going to Cappadocia in September

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Lisa

Thanks for some great suggestions!

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Marlene

Bulgaria 3 week bus tour with week stay at the Black Sea near Nesbar ...

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Nicole

https://www.thebodyholiday.com/
My friend has gone a few times and it's on my list
THEBODYHOLIDAY.COM
St Lucia All Inclusive Resort | Wellness Resort - The Body Holiday

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Kristin

Nicole - this looks amazing! I couldn’t find any pricing. Any ideas of how much she spent?

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Nicole

Kristin no sorry, and she lives in UK. I know I looked up prices before hmmmm

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Nicole

Just go in like you're booking and you'll get prices

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Kim

Driving all over canada as far as yellowknife

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Ev

Safari in East or South Africa. I went to Timbuktu in Mali years ago which was so random but it's not safe to travel there anymore.

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Lori

Hike the west coast trail.

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Greg

Lanzarote, Canary Islands

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Jacquie

PERU - Amazon jungle; Nazca lines; sand dunes; eating guinea pig yum yum

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Kevin

Just got back from Vietnam... Hostels, scooters, and Street food for days!

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Karen

Mountains biking in Guatemala

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Jake

- Really enjoyed Cairo this year and could have spent longer. We were the only white people we saw most of the time
- Istanbul is my favourite city and lots to do in Turkey in general
- Boating the backwaters of Kerala in Southern India is amazeballs
- Loads of fun stuff to do in the UK and Ireland that is outside of London

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Louise

Colorado Canyon trip! For 10 days we rafted down the river looking up at the Grand Canyon!! Amazing! The outfit we used, supplied everything, minus your clothes. They cook for you, everyone participates in unloading and loading of the rafts (if able). We went down some crazy rapids, and enjoyed some peaceful floats too. Many stops along the way to hike, have lunch or enjoy the wildlife you see along the way.

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Jesse

Summer ski trip to Chile. Santiago is an amazing city and ski resorts 1.5 from the city

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Faith

East African Safari, best ever trip, 5 day tour in Kenya and 5 day tour in Tanzania and 5 days in Zanibar just soaking up the sun.

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Nadine

Faith did you do this as a tour? If so which company? Thanks

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Faith

G Adventures for the safaris, we booked it all thru a Travel agent in down town Red Deer. The pictures we took of the animals we seen during the safari will keep our memories fresh re: this vacation the rest of our life's. We have travelled around the world but this was by far our favourite vacation.

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Jenny

I'm taking a Via train trip across Canada in August. Itll be the most adventurous planned trip I've done ever. I'm usually pretty spontaneous and eluff to " vacations".. that usually involve just going to visit someone. . So 3 weeks of travellng on a train.

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Joyce

Jenny are you traveling alone

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Cathy

Most unique vacation? Have been a couple. Antarctic was one.

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Betty

Look up G-adventures

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Debbie

Turkey was enchanting

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Verna

The Galapagos is one of my all time favourites. Let me know if you want to go and I can give some good ideas!

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Lisa

Verna thanks! We did the Galapagos a few years ago and loved it!!

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Verna

The other trip is Egypt and Jordan..No kayaking but fantastic in its own way.

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Lisa

Verna nice! Thanks for sharing

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Glenn

Israel I had shivers in this country so many times I lost count. I am not a very religious person but Jerusalem and the old city were fantastic. PM me for the best guide ever

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Jonas

Jungle trekking in Sumatra

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Erin

We just went here https://craftbeerandwilderness.com/ it was fantastic! The area where it is amazing! Breathtaking scenery and the food and beer were amazing. I highly recommend it
CRAFTBEERANDWILDERNESS.COM
Craft Beer Brewers Wilderness Retreat Nootka Sound, Vancouver Island, BC

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Thelma

Took a 24 person riverboat up the Amazon River in Peru. Swam in the Amazon, fished for and ate piranhas, visited remote villages, trekked through the jungle. Fantastic!

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Brian

Oh wow
That’s sounds amazing , did you see Manchu Picchu too ?
Who did you book with ?

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Thelma

We only did the Amazon. We are in our late 60’s and decided to do one at a time. We will do Manchu Pichu on another trip. We did it through G Adventures.

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Maryse

Thelma we did the Manchu pichu and Amazon riverboat in same tout, was incredible, love gadventures. Doing highlights of Morocco with them in the fall.

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Thelma

Maryse Nadeau Beeney We will be in Spain for 10 days followed by a week in Morocco in November. Looking forward to it.

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Alex

Iceland! Rent a camper van and drive around at your own pace! Nothing but the camper needs to be booked in advance

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Kate

Animal Safari in the Serengeti and Ngorongoro crater in Tanzania and riding camels in the desert in Morocco! Incredible!!’

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Stephani

Kate did you do all of this with an organized tour?

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Kate

Stephani no we organized it ourselves so if you’re interested I can give you some of the info for the places we went and tour companies we used. We did each of these as two separate trips- went to Morocco when we went to Europe because it’s so close. Then a couple years later went to Tanzania. We organized everything ourselves and it worked out great!

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Susan

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Laurie

A 100 mile walk through the Yorkshire Dales with my BFF ( Skipton To Penrith). Absolutely fabulous!!!

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Shannon

Jordan - watching the sunset in the Wadi Rum Desert, Petra, the ruins of Jerash, floating in the Dead Sea. My favorite vacation was Turkey.

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Leslee

Shannon what is your must see in Turkey? Would or did you go to Serbia? I am going next July and trying to plan it all now.

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Shannon

Leslee Paterson My favorites in Turkey were Bergama, Pamukkale, Ephesus, Cappadocia, and of course, Istanbul. I would skip Ankara. If you are in to Roman ruins, Aphrodisias is amazing and off the beaten path so you shouldn't encounter a lot of tourists. The sunrise balloon ride in Cappadocia is a must. We didn't do any of the beach towns. If you want an authentic turkish bath experience, the one in Bergama would be in. No tourists except for us. We didn't go in to Serbia.

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Kathy

We stayed in our friend's tree house, deep in the southern rain forests of Costa Rica, away from most civilization. You had to hike into the house, hike out your garbage, but it was the most unique experience we have EVER had!

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Jocelynn

My trip to Alaska. It was a flight to Whitehorse, a bus trip to Skagway where we boarded The Canadian Princess. It was one of her last cruises and she was run by steam. She had some mechanical issues. We were pulled by a rug boat around Prince Rupert. They got her going and we continued down the coast. We had to pull into Bella Bella and have the fire department fill her up with water because it was loosing steam. Then it was not dating well. They managed to limp into Port Renfrew and decided to feed everyone a lovely bbq salmon dinner and then flew us back to Vancouver. Missed a few hours of sailing time. That was a bummer but no one couldnt say it was an adventure.

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Kita

Dubai!! Its much safer than most people think & tend to mistake for other countries around there (its not Saudi Arabia). And tons to do. I was amazed at how many australians & british people were vacationing there. We had high tea in the Burj Kalif, tallest building in the world. There are stunning beaches and very kid friendly too. Its hot in day so life seems more vibrant at night. I also rode the fastest roller coaster in the world at Ferrari World. Also flew through the north pole to get there on Emirates plane.

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Jamie

Went to a fasting resort in Thailand and a nude couples resort in Jamaica

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Candis

Jamie fasting? Like you fast the whole time ????

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Jamie

Candis yes.
It’s called health oasis resort

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Stacie

If you are looking local Anchor D cabins and day rides are awesome, but they do to multi day treks into the mountains with overnight camping for a grander adventure.
More far flung - Japan - the island of Shikoku has 99 temples that you can visit. We hiked up to only a few and they were very secluded and beautiful. There also a few beautiful Riokans with onsens (baths) that we fell in love with. We stayed in the Iya Valley. It is not the fanciest ryokan in Japan, but we loved it!
Himeji Castle at the start of the Cherry blossom festival, has a wonderful Sake opening ceremony with lots of food and fun. I also can't say enough about Hiroshima (the atom dome is now a place of peace and reflection) and Osaka (the aquarium is unreal). Of course there is also Kyoto with the restored temples and bright colours. Very easy country to navigate and everyone we met was lovely. http://www.hotel-hikyounoyu.co.jp/
HOTEL-HIKYOUNOYU.CO.JP
ホテル秘境の湯

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Jennifer

Look up g adventure tours. Lots of great places.

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Lisa

Celtic Traverse was pretty amazing

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Denise

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Gordon

Svalbard

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Mariell

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Candis

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Monique

https://www.islandexpeditions.com/.../beliz.../classic-trips. one of the best adventure vacations ever!
ISLANDEXPEDITIONS.COM
5-10 Day Belize Itineraries | Island Expeditions

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Allison

Yoga retreat in Belize at Ak'bol, Roatán for snorkeling. Some of the best snorkeling I have done in the entire world and it was right from the beach, no need to pay for a boat ride!

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Roxanne

Allison this sounds amazing

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Lea

All ours are off the beaten path. Some most memorable is the village of Bukit Lawang on the island of Sumatra. Stayed in an Eco Lodge and trekked for hours in the jungle I’m search of orangutans. Komodo Island in Indonesia. Bali is amazing and has so many things to see. Stay in villages to see the real culture. Lombok is another amazing place. So many sights to see in all these places such as temples, waterfalls, volcanos, incredible beaches. The people are amazing.

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Charlie

We took Spanish and Yoga Classes at a permaculture farm in Colombia. I highly recommend checking it out. https://www.ecohostelmedellin.com/
ECOHOSTELMEDELLIN.COM
Eco Hostel | Medellin, Colombia | Spanish School, Permaculture, Yoga

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Cathy

Cycling trip in France with Exodus Tours.

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LaRae

following! great ideas

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Roxanne

Go to Nashville.. totally on my bucket list

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Roxanne

That’s not a Kayaking retreat but I’m sure wellness would go along with it somehow

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Selby

Iceland!! 100% most unique vacation and place I've ever been!

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Natalie

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Laura

4 day horseback ride through the sacred Valley in Peru

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Leslie

Sing Sing in the highlands of Papua New Guinea. (Every two years all the tribes send a group to compete. They dance and are dressed in their unique tribal costumes. You can go right up to individuals, speak to them and get Nat Geo worthy pix). I haven’t yet met anyone who has been to PNG, let alone up into the highlands.

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Whitney

Leslie this sounds AMAZING

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Sherryl

Petra, Jordan
Iguazu Falls, Argentina side
Chiang Mai, Thailand

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Darlene

Pertra, Jordon, dead sea!

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Sherryl

Cartagena, Columbia with a side of Panama too
Machu Picchu with Peru
Hike into Actun Tunichal Muknal (ATM cave), Belize


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<p>The Most Unique Vacation: Hiking the Camino de Santiago





The Most Unique Vacation: Hiking the Camino de Santiago

Camino de Santiago

If you're looking for a truly unique and life-changing vacation experience, I highly recommend hiking the Camino de Santiago, a network of pilgrim routes across Europe that converge in Santiago de Compostela, Spain. This ancient pilgrimage trail has been traversed by millions of people for over a thousand years, and it offers an unforgettable journey of self-discovery, cultural immersion, and physical challenge.

What is the Camino de Santiago?

The Camino de Santiago, also known as the Way of St. James, is a series of walking routes that lead to the shrine of the apostle St. James the Great in the cathedral of Santiago de Compostela in northwestern Spain. The most popular and well-known route is the Camino Francés, which starts in St. Jean-Pied-de-Port in France and covers approximately 500 miles (800 km) through the stunning landscapes of the Pyrenees, the Rioja wine region, and the rolling hills of Galicia.

Why Hike the Camino de Santiago?

Hiking the Camino de Santiago is more than just a physical challenge; it's a spiritual and transformative experience that offers a unique blend of outdoor adventure, cultural exploration, and personal growth. Here are just a few reasons why this pilgrimage should be on your bucket list:

  • Disconnect from the modern world: The Camino provides a rare opportunity to unplug from the distractions of daily life and reconnect with nature, your inner self, and the simplicity of walking.
  • Immerse yourself in history and culture: As you walk through ancient villages, visit stunning cathedrals, and meet fellow pilgrims from around the world, you'll gain a deep appreciation for the rich cultural heritage of the Camino.
  • Challenge yourself physically and mentally: Hiking the Camino is a demanding endeavor that will push your physical and mental limits, but the sense of accomplishment and personal growth you'll experience is unmatched.
  • Find a sense of community: The Camino is a shared experience, and you'll have the opportunity to connect with fellow pilgrims from diverse backgrounds, forming lasting friendships and memories.

Tips for Hiking the Camino de Santiago

If you're ready to embark on this incredible journey, here are a few tips to help you prepare:

  1. Train and prepare physically: While the Camino is not a technical hike, it does require a certain level of physical fitness. Start training several months in advance by incorporating long walks and strength exercises into your routine.
  2. Pack light: You'll be carrying your belongings on your back, so pack only the essentials. Opt for lightweight, breathable clothing and a good pair of broken-in hiking boots.
  3. Learn some Spanish: While many locals along the Camino speak English, making an effort to learn basic Spanish phrases will








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